Comments on: Zynga Pushing Nine Figures In Revenues Thanks To Micro-Transactions

By: Les social games génèrent des millions | Hors les murs

Les social games génèrent des millions | Hors les murs — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:06:19 +0000

[...] à un important volume, représentent 80% des revenus générés. Zynga aurait gagné près de 100 millions de dollars en 2008 par ce [...]

By: Les social games génèrent des millions | Instants de Vi'

Les social games génèrent des millions | Instants de Vi' — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:36:39 +0000

[...] à un important volume, représentent 80% des revenus générés. Zynga aurait gagné près de 100 millions de dollars en 2008 par ce [...]

By: Jeux sociaux, une nouveauté au succès fulgurant | Success Stories, toutes les success story et les clés du succès.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:59:23 +0000

[...] de succès fulgurant Zynga aurait ainsi gagné près de 100 millions de $ en 2008. (source : Zynga Pushing Nin Figures In Revenues Thanks To Micro-Transactions). D’après Olivier Le Meur dans sa vidéo « les tendances actuelles de la silicon valley et le [...]

By: amit klein » Want to be a billion dollar company? Get 28mil users

amit klein » Want to be a billion dollar company? Get 28mil users — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:48:16 +0000

[...] are strategically concerned with building a profitable enterprise from the getgo (like 37signals, Zynga), there are many others who are concerned with building great products, attracting a huge user base [...]

By: Mark Pincus: Web 3 Is The App Economy » Ink and Virtue - Gonna Save the World Today

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:03:44 +0000

[...] have been various reports around the web in recent months that Zynga is already making nine figures in revenues thanks [...]

By: Mark Pincus: Web 3 Is The App Economy

Mark Pincus: Web 3 Is The App Economy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:52:04 +0000

[...] have been various reports around the web in recent months that Zynga is already making nine figures in revenues thanks [...]

By: Wade

Wade — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:41:10 +0000

That’s actually a good idea.

By: Zynga Is On A Tear; Claims Nearly 130 Million Social Gamers.

Zynga Is On A Tear; Claims Nearly 130 Million Social Gamers. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:05 +0000

[...] Zynga continues to grow, so does the IPO talk (and the litigation). Its revenues, which is well above nine figures now, comes largely from its virtual currency, as well as ads. CrunchBase Information Zynga [...]

By: When Will Social Gaming Company Zynga Go Public?

When Will Social Gaming Company Zynga Go Public? — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:31:00 +0000

[...] estimates of Zynga’s revenue have been climbing over the past year, from $50 million, to more than $100 million, to what we most recently hear is around $200 million. Given Zynga’s across-the-board growth [...]

By: Melissa Semioli

Melissa Semioli — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:33:31 +0000

It is amazing that a company with virtually no customer support can make so much money.

By: Social Forecasting

Social Forecasting — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:15:55 +0000

Question:

Zynga -> estimated Revenue is $100 million – well okay that says techcrunch

but:
100 million (MAU, all games) x 1 $ (ARPU, monthly, reported in different blogs and the Social Gaming Summit 2009) = $ 1200 million?

By: Casual Connect 2009 Recap and Observations « Ada Chen’s Weblog

Casual Connect 2009 Recap and Observations « Ada Chen’s Weblog — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:53:18 +0000

[...] Zynga’s rumored $100 million in annual revenues, there’s renewed interest in social games. Zynga, Playfish, and RockYou were among the [...]

By: virtually great currency « ginsudo

virtually great currency « ginsudo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:11:33 +0000

[...] Facebook and MySpace in their own virtual currencies, app developer currencies from companies like Zynga, and the continued progress of OfferPal. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Dollars [...]

By: Raptr’s New Chat Client Helps Friends Get Their Game On | Newsfed - Aggregate local and tech stories with related videos and tweets!

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:02:02 +0000

[...] It’s clear that online gaming is quickly becoming much more social, with companies like Zynga reportedly bringing in nine figures and the casual gaming market continuing to skyrocket. But there’s [...]

By: Raptr’s New Chat Client Helps Friends Get Their Game On

Raptr’s New Chat Client Helps Friends Get Their Game On — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:01:43 +0000

[...] clear that online gaming is quickly becoming much more social, with companies like Zynga reportedly bringing in nine figures and the casual gaming market continuing to skyrocket. But there’s [...]

By: gameMaker

gameMaker — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:55:10 +0000

“you’d be surprised at the amount of money people are willing to spend when they really engage in a game”

This is true. I ran an online MMO from 2001 to 2007 and I had one customer that spent ~$1500 in two weeks.

By: Social Gaming Turns Two! « Virtual Goods Insider

Social Gaming Turns Two! « Virtual Goods Insider — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:11:35 +0000

[...] is leading the pack here, and rumor has it that major social gaming players, such as Zynga, are making upwards of $50 million on an annualized run [...]

By: Techeroid » In recession, social gaming comes of age

Techeroid » In recession, social gaming comes of age — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:48:42 +0000

[...] exact revenues, but we’ve heard it could make more than $50 million this year (others have heard it could be more than twice that). Zynga has 300 employees in four studios, 50 contractors and it [...]

By: In recession, social gaming comes of age | Stoth

In recession, social gaming comes of age | Stoth — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:47:07 +0000

By: Zynga Partying Like It’s 1999 « NoelBagwell.com

Zynga Partying Like It’s 1999 « NoelBagwell.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:54:59 +0000

[...] tidy sums have made Zynga a multimillion-dollar corporation that, apparently, cannot hire fast enough and has perks that were commonplace back when the [...]

By: Ideal » Archive du blog » Social Games, une mine d’or pour les plateformes sociales

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:14:02 +0000

[...] Le fait que ces jeux soient gratuits n’empêche pas leurs éditeurs de brasser des sommes considérables par le biais de micro-transactions (achat de crédits ou d’objets virtuels). Les spécialistes estiment ainsi qu’une société comme Zynga aurait gagné près de 100 millions de $ en 2008 (cf. Zynga Pushing Nin Figures In Revenues Thanks To Micro-Transactions). [...]

By: Die Micropayments, Die « MattMaroon.com

Die Micropayments, Die « MattMaroon.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:05:38 +0000

[...] the virtual goods industry, I read a lot of publications about them and they constantly talk about micro-transactions and micropayments. (I’m only picking on TechCrunch with the links here because they’re [...]

By: Zynga verdient ordentlich Geld - Onlinespiele Blog

Zynga verdient ordentlich Geld - Onlinespiele Blog — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:15:43 +0000

[...] einem aktuellen Artikel bei TechCrunch (englisch) hat das Unternehmen bis dato zwischen 50 (und nach neuen Informationen eher 100) [...]

By: thewindsof.blogr.com - stories - 2009-06-05-Could-social-gaming-run-afoul-of-gambling-laws-

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:41:34 +0000

[...] companies, like Zynga, are rumored to be bringing in revenues of more than $100 millionthrough games like Texas Hold ‘Em poker. This year alone, companies on Facebook’s [...]

By: Could social gaming companies get nailed for illegal gambling? » VentureBeat

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:46:02 +0000

[...] companies, like Zynga, are rumored to be bringing in revenues of more than $100 million through games like Texas Hold ‘Em poker. This year alone, companies on Facebook’s [...]